Griffin Daily News
Gordon State wins Club Football National Championship
The Gordon State Highlanders are the 2022 national champions of the National Club Football Association. Gordon State defeated the Ohio State Buckeyes 35-15 at the Dec. 3 championship game in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania. The NCFA announced individual awards to four Highlanders including Bowl Game MVP, Defensive Player of the Year, Assistant of the Year and Freshman of the Year.
WALB
‘The College Tour’ TV series will feature Tifton college students
By Alicia Lewis
A new television series called ” The College Tour” will be featuring several students from Tifton’s Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (ABAC). The students on the show will tell the history of the college through their eyes from campus life, academics, housing, sports and activities. These are some of what the college tour will dive into at ABAC. Chris Beckham, ABAC’s public relations director, says this is an exciting time for ABAC’s students and staff. The college is the second college in Georgia that will be featured on the show. Students are required to submit a two-minute video expressing why they would be the perfect student to be a part of the show. Beckham says so far, they have received several entries already.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
AJC On Campus: Law school ranking ‘squabble’, UGA admission numbers
By Vanessa McCray
Several Georgia law schools plan to still participate in U.S. News & World Report’s annual rankings, even as some of the nation’s most prestigious schools withdraw support for what they say is a broken best-of list. In this edition of AJC On Campus, we bring you the debate over law school rankings, data on students who got in early at the University of Georgia, the value of a master’s degree and more college news from around the state.
U.S. News rankings departures
…But several of Georgia’s leading law schools told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution they haven’t abandoned the rankings. “U.S. News is ultimately just one source of information among many that help consumers make informed choices,” said University of Georgia School of Law Dean Peter B. “Bo” Rutledge, in a written statement. UGA’s law school, which landed at No. 29 on the publication’s most recent list, “will not withhold information” from U.S. News, he said. …Georgia State University’s law college, tied for the 78th spot, did not immediately provide a comment.
Getting in early at UGA A record number of students applied for early action admission to the University of Georgia. The university reported it received 26,001 first-year applications (including 26 from applicants named Georgia) for early consideration. The process allows students to learn if they’ve been accepted months before a traditional admissions timeline.
Be a certified elections boss Yes, Georgia’s runoff election is over. But election classes are now in session at Georgia College & State University. The school recently announced it is the first in Georgia to offer an academic certification in election administration. To earn the certificate, students take a handful of courses that cover topic such as election law and procedures.
WGAU Radio
University will use $1.5 million to expand programs aimed at helping the homeless
By Charlie Bauder, UGA Media Relations
Funding from two foundations will enable a statewide network housed at the University of Georgia to improve educational outcomes for youth who have experienced foster care and/or homelessness. Embark Georgia, run by the UGA J.W. Fanning Institute for Leadership Development, received $800,000 from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation and $750,000 from the Joseph B. Whitehead Child Well-Being Fund to support and expand the network’s efforts across the state. Studies show that fewer than 10% of youths who have been in foster care earn a college degree. As adults they are paid less than employees with a postsecondary education and are more likely to be unemployed.
Grice Connect
Santa Gus meet and greet raised hundreds for Georgia Southern student scholarships
by Ron Baxley
Reindeer are not the only ones doing some flying around this month and helping spread holiday cheer. Santa Gus, after photographs with families and individuals at GSU in Statesboro Nov. 29, figuratively flew to Savannah, Atlanta, Macon, and Augusta on different dates through Thursday, Dec. 8. He welcomed kids to sit on his lap or adults to pose with him for photographs at those locations. …His visits not only brought many holiday spirit but also brought hundreds of dollars for scholarships for GSU students, as the visits included fundraising this year. For $5 apiece, families could get digital photos with the eagle mascot dressed as Santa Claus in the GSU colors, some treats, and more. Wise said, “This is the first year we are adding a fundraising component to Santa Gus.” Gauging from the total raised, approximately 200 individuals or more visited Santa Gus at various locations. “We are on track to raise more than $1,000 for student scholarships from all of our Santa GUS events this year,” Wise said.
13WMAZ
Middle Georgia State hosts local students for ‘FIRST LEGO League’ challenge
Around 250 students from local schools competed Saturday in the ‘FIRST LEGO League’ Challenge on the Macon campus of Middle Georgia State University.
Author: Brandon Johnson
Are you ready to build? Some local students sure were! Around 250 students from local schools competed Saturday in the ‘FIRST LEGO League’ Challenge on the Macon campus of Middle Georgia State University. The event started at 8:30 a.m., and featured several students who were part of a robotics competition, Lego building contest, and science fair, all rolled into one. The competition has been hosted at middle Georgia State University since 2018.
Atlanta Urbanize
Massive Rowen project breaks ground in wilds of Gwinnett County
2,000-acre concept billed as “nonprofit-led knowledge community” midway between Atlanta and Athens
Josh Green
A project more than 10 times the size of Piedmont Park that aims to reshape the social and economic trajectory of metro Atlanta’s northeastern fringes is officially underway. A groundbreaking ceremony today attended by Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and more than 150 other dignitaries marked the ceremonial beginnings of Rowen, a Gwinnett County mixed-use development that could eventually span 2,000 acres and become a “nonprofit-led knowledge community” midway between university-rich Atlanta and Athens. Project leaders with The Rowen Foundation say the innovation-led venture, located on woodlands along Ga. Highway 316, could ultimately produce 100,000 jobs across Georgia and contribute between $8 and $10 billion annually to the state’s economy. …Rowen’s board of directors, which governs the Rowen Foundation, is made up of leaders from the University of Georgia, Georgia Tech, Emory University, Georgia Gwinnett College, and others who are advancing the project for its economic and jobs-creation potential.
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PHOTOS: Rowen development groundbreaking
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WGAU Radio
UGA professors earn international inventor honors
By Tim Bryant
University of Georgia professors Naola Ferguson-Noel and Geert-Jan Boons have been elected Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors, becoming the 13th and 14th UGA faculty members to receive the honor.
From Brandon Ward, UGA Media Relations…
NAI Fellows must demonstrate a “highly prolific spirit of innovation” in creating or facilitating inventions that make a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development and welfare of society. Becoming an NAI Fellow is the highest professional distinction awarded solely to academic inventors. According to the organization, the Fellows collectively hold more than 53,000 issued U.S. patents, which have generated over 13,000 licensed technologies, 3,200 companies and created more than 1 million jobs. This has resulted in more than $3 trillion in revenue based on NAI Fellow discoveries.
The Newnan Times-Herald
‘Anticipation’ unveiled on the LINC
An art sculpture celebrating local businesses in Newnan was unveiled on the LINC near Interstate 85 last Friday. The metal sculpture, named “Anticipation,” was built by Kelli Cadena, a fine arts major at the University of West Georgia. The sculpture features materials from the old Caldwell Tanks site, as well as aluminum gifted by Bonnell Aluminum of Newnan. The sculpture had a ribbon cutting on Friday.
Grice Connect
Georgia Southern prepares for commencement ceremonies
Georgia Southern is gearing up to celebrate as 2,100 graduates from 10 colleges will collect their diplomas this month. The university will hold two commencement ceremonies at its main locations, Savannah and Statesboro, on Dec. 10 and 13.
Athens CEO
UGA Commencement Set for Dec. 16
James Hataway
The University of Georgia will welcome its newest alumni on Dec. 16 as 1,681 undergraduates and 1,521 graduate students—a total of 3,202—have met requirements to participate in the university’s fall Commencement ceremonies. The undergraduate ceremony is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. in Stegeman Coliseum. Chris Womack, chairman, president and CEO of Georgia Power, will give the address. The graduate ceremony will follow at 2:30 p.m. in Stegeman Coliseum. Tickets are required for all guests at the fall undergraduate ceremony, but they are not required for the graduate ceremony.
Athens CEO
Georgia Economic Outlook: State is in for a Mild, Short Recession
Merritt Melancon
While Georgia’s economy made a near-record recovery from the COVID-19 recession in 2022, tighter monetary policy and energy price shocks will likely trigger a mild and brief economic slowdown in 2023. This will be a marked change from the 4% growth the state saw in 2022. “A 2023 recession is not inevitable, but it would take near-perfect monetary policy plus a lucky break to avoid one,” said Ben Ayers, dean of the University of Georgia Terry College of Business. Some industries — such as housing and real estate — will be affected more than others, but the overall risk of recession in 2023 is high — about 75%, Ayers told the crowd at the Georgia 2023 Economic Outlook at the Georgia Aquarium on Dec. 9 hosted by the Terry College of Business. This year marked UGA’s 40th anniversary of the Georgia Economic Outlook, first prepared in 1983 to give Georgia’s leadership state-level insight into the economy. The forecast is based on the Georgia Economic Outlook report produced by UGA’s Selig Center for Economic Growth.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Jolt: Kemp, GOP planning to delay work for UGA football — again
By Patricia Murphy, Greg Bluestein, Tia Mitchell
News and analysis from the politics team at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Kickoff for the work of next year’s Georgia General Assembly may have to wait until after the kickoff of the College Football National Championship if the University of Georgia Bulldogs continue their ferocious winning streak. Earlier this year, the Republican-led Georgia Legislature went on temporary hiatus as Bulldog-loving legislators bolted shortly after the opening gavel to travel to Indianapolis and to watch UGA’s national football championship win. As the Bulldogs make another title run, the championship game once again falls on the first day of the planned legislative session: Jan. 9, 2023. That’s why state officials are quietly making plans to rearrange the schedule; that is, if UGA first defeats Ohio State in the Dec. 31 Peach Bowl.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Kemp, Warnock rise as national political stars in battleground Georgia
By Greg Bluestein, Shannon McCaffrey
Republican Gov. Brian Kemp and Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock have seen their profiles grow dramatically after hard-fought election victories in the South’s premier battleground state, elevating them into potential national candidates. Both won reelection over name-brand rivals in forbidding environments by claiming the center of Georgia’s electorate. And both share support from a pivotal bloc of swing voters who bucked political norms to split their ticket this cycle, providing the decisive votes to propel each to nationally watched wins that have heightened their reputations. …Nathan Price, a University of North Georgia political scientist, said the governor’s appeal as a “conservative reformer who is not weighed down by the Trump baggage” also comes with drawbacks. “This will attract considerable scrutiny to Kemp for this next legislative session as national pundits and strategists will look to his record for clues about how he might position himself for a 2024 run,” said Price.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Student power in Georgia: Young, engaged and determined to vote
Get Schooled with Maureen Downey
Sen. Raphael Warnock’s reelection sparked social media posts from around the country thanking Georgia for solidifying the Democratic majority in the U.S. Senate, thanking Stacey Abrams for her get-out-the-vote initiatives and DeKalb County for its 87% support of Warnock. Should some of that gratitude go to Georgia students? “Yes, there should be a ‘Thank you, young Georgia,’” said Clark Atlanta University sophomore Jayden Williams, who, as president of the Georgia NAACP Youth and College Division, helped drive student turnout. “But we don’t need a divided Georgia. We need a one Georgia, so saying, ‘Thank you, Georgia’ should hit every age group.” “Young people’s greatest contribution to Warnock’s win was our odds-defying turnout, our enthusiasm as wind in the sails of his campaign,” said Georgia Tech student and Georgia Youth Justice Coalition co-founder Alex Ames. “No singular age group can be credited. Black-led organizations like Black Voters Matter and so many Georgia voters including Gen Z made this possible.”
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Inside Higher Ed
COVID-19’s Burden for People With Disability: Academic Minute
By Doug Lederman
Today on the Academic Minute: Scott Landes, associate professor of sociology at Syracuse University, focuses on one way that the COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected one group.
Inside Higher Ed
‘These Are the Wrong Kids to Do This To’
The adjunct faculty strike at the New School ended over the weekend, and two of four groups of academic workers striking across the University of California system ended their labor action. But undergraduates continue to struggle.
By Colleen Flaherty
Tensions escalated last week between the University of California system and the New School and their respective striking academic workers. As both labor actions entered their fourth weeks, more than two dozen UC workers were arrested at two protests in California, and the New School in New York started withholding pay and benefits from part-time faculty strikers and told student workers to sign work attestations. The New School also floated the idea of hiring replacement graders for the fall term and said it was doing “contingency planning” for the spring. Then, later in the week, came compromise. The New School, which already had been in mediation with its part-time professors striking for better pay and working conditions, put forth a proposal that was closer to the United Auto Workers–affiliated union’s demands, including annualized status after 10 semesters of term-to-term service. On Saturday night, the university and the union reached a tentative agreement, ending the strike.
Inside Higher Ed
South Dakota Universities Will Not Use TikTok
By Safia Abdulahi
South Dakota’s higher education system will uphold the state’s new ban on using TikTok on state-issued devices, the Argus Leader reported. That means public institutions will delete any TikTok accounts they currently operate, Brian Maher, executive director of the state’s Board of Regents, announced Thursday. On Nov. 29, Governor Kristi Noem announced the ban in an executive order, expressing concerns about security given the Chinese government’s influence on ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns TikTok.
Inside Higher Ed
$100 Million Gift to Johns Hopkins in Bologna
By Scott Jaschik
Johns Hopkins University has announced a $100 million gift for School of Advanced International Studies campus in Bologna, Italy. The gift is from James and Morag Anderson. The funds will be used, among other things, for faculty expansion, financial aid and facilities.
Inside Higher Ed
Grinnell College Sets NCAA Record for 3-Pointers
By Scott Jaschik
Grinnell College set a National Collegiate Athletic Association record (for all divisions) for taking three-point shots in a men’s basketball game. Grinnell made 111 attempts at three-pointers, an NCAA record. Every single field goal attempted was a three-pointer. And Grinnell made 40 of its attempts, also believed to be an NCAA record.